ZMIK turn school corridors into playful learning spaces
Swiss design studio ZMIK has transformed three corridors at a primary school in Basel into flexible learning-spaces designed to promote a sense of wellbeing. More
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Shigeru Ban covers Swatch headquarters in vaulting timber shell
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. More
Bureau Brisson Architectes updates Swiss "hybrid" home with blue cabinetry
A sea-blue storage unit helps arrange living spaces inside this family home in Corseaux, Switzerland, which has been overhauled by Bureau Brisson Architectes. More
Running brand On creates zero-impact mountain hut in Swiss Alps
On has created a reflective mountain cabin almost 2,500 metres up in the Swiss Alps on the Piz Lunghin, to mark the launch of its latest collection including its first hiking shoe. More
Le Corbusier's colourful final pavilion re-opens in Zurich
Pavilion Le Corbusier has reopened to the public in Zurich after architects Silvio Schmed and Arthur Rüegg restored the art museum to its original state. More
Bureau uses "surgical intervention" to transform chalet into Mr Barrett's House
Experimental architecture studio Bureau has taken a building apart and put it back together again, to create a home for the fictional protagonist of 1963 film The Servant. More
3XN builds new headquarters for the Olympics on shore of Lake Geneva
Copenhagen studio 3XN has completed Olympic House, a new headquarters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. More
Studio Seilern Architects raises the roof to create Andermatt Concert Hall in the Swiss Alps
Studio Seilern Architects has converted a half-built conference centre in Andermatt, Switzerland, into a concert hall by lifting up its roof to double the building's size. More
Concrete spiral staircase twists through open-plan office by Hildebrand
A spiral staircase made of concrete rises through the centre of an open-plan office designed by architecture studio Hildebrand in Steinhausen, Switzerland. More
Think Architecture creates minimal hilltop house in Zurich
A cluster of stone and plaster-lined volumes form Think Architecture's minimalist House in a Park, which sits on a hilltop in Zurich, Switzerland. More
Index Architectes creates asymmetric Village House in Switzerland
Swiss studio Index Architectes has designed a house in Villarlod, Switzerland, with asymmetric gables and wrapped it in a skin of angular clay tiles. More
MLZD adds subterranean sports hall to school in a former monastery
Architecture office MLZD has built a sports hall with a sculptural concrete wall below ground level to preserve views of a heritage-listed converted monastery in Wettingen, Switzerland. More
Muzeum Susch in the Swiss Alps has galleries excavated from mountainside
Chasper Schmidlin and Lukas Voellmy have excavated into a mountain, and restored a 12th-century monastery in the Swiss Alpine town of Susch, to create an art museum. More
Doug Aitken's mirrored Mirage house installed in Swiss alps
American artist Doug Aitken has installed a ranch-style house clad in mirrors in the snow-covered mountains of Gstaad, Switzerland. More
Oppenheim Architecture designs Swiss water-treatment plant to resemble a natural rock
Oppenheim Architecture has coated a water-treatment plant in Muttenz, Switzerland, in a mixture of stone and clay, to create a building reminiscent of a natural rock form eroded by flowing water. More
Casa CCFF by Leopold Banchini offers alternative to Switzerland's typical concrete houses
Leopold Banchini Architects has built a house it describes as a "domestic factory" beside an industrial train station in Lancy, Switzerland. More
Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for mountaintop outpost in Swiss Alps
Set on a mountain summit more than 3,000 metres above sea level, Herzog & de Meuron's Titilis 3020 station and restaurants will cantilever out over the Swiss Alps. More
Dominique Coulon adopts terracotta tones for riverside retirement home near Basel
Textured brick facades are complemented by terracotta-toned communal spaces in this elderly housing complex, completed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés in a suburb of Basel. More
Ballet Mécanique apartment block has walls that unfold to form balconies and sunshades
Manuel Herz Architects has completed a housing block in Zurich, with dynamic facades that transform into balconies for its five apartments. More
Urben Seyboth brightens up interior of Swiss village house from the 1960s
Swiss studio Urben Seyboth has refurbished a mid-century house near Zurich, preserving original details such as the board-marked concrete facades but opening up the interior to create a sequence of brighter spaces. More